Show Archive

After the recent flooding around Lake Ontario, two lawmakers say Plan 2014 is partly to blame. We discussed this and their recent hearing on Plan 2014 with Senator Pamela Helming (R-Canandaigua) and Senator Tom O’Mara (R-Big Flats). Read More

Kimberly Coffey was a healthy high school senior getting ready for prom when she contracted the Meningitis B virus and died in a matter of days. Her mother, Patti Wukovits, created the Kimberly Coffey Foundation to raise awareness of the Meningitis virus. Patti joined Susan to discuss the particular strain that her daughter contracted. Read More

Come January, the city of Syracuse will have a new Mayor. Ben Walsh, Mayor-elect of Syracuse, joined Susan to discuss his vision for the city and to look back at a campaign that sent the first non-Democrat or Republican to City Hall in over 100 years. Read More

Puerto Rico’s debt has climbed to over 70 billion dollars. We took a deep dive into the ways that the Commonwealth got to this point and how it can work to move forward with Christine Chung, Co-director of the Institute for Financial Market Regulation and Associate Professor of Law at Albany Law School, and Richard Ravitch, former Lieutenant Governor; Director of the Volcker Alliance; and Co-Chairman of the State Budget Crisis Task Force. Read More

Across the State, schools are seeing a rapidly diversifying student population. How can schools effectively serve these diverse populations? We broke it down with Charles Dedrick, Executive Director of the New York State Council of School Superintendents, and Dr. Luvelle Brown, Superintendent of the Ithaca City School District. Read More

Activists gathered at the Capitol on Friday to protest the impact that the DC tax overhaul will have on New Yorkers. We heard from Charles Khan, community organizer at Strong Economy for All, and Jennifer Gunderman of the New York State Nurses Association on how the tax overhaul will impact their communities. Read More

Oneida County is weighing the decision to take legal action to have drug companies reimburse them for the costs of responding to the opioid crisis. Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente (R) discussed the potential legal action. Read More

The Capitol Pressroom is a daily one-hour radio program broadcast from the Legislative Correspondents Association Pressroom on the third floor of the State Capitol in Albany. The show features interviews with important newsmakers.

It also features analysis from seasoned political reporters who work the Albany beat for newspapers and wire services around the state including The New York Times, Newsday, the Albany Times, Union, Gannett News Service and the Associated Press.

The Capitol Pressroom Weekend, is a one-hour show filled with the week’s best interview segments from The Capitol Pressroom.

City

Station

Time

Albany

WHDD-AM (1020AM)

Saturdays at noon

Kingston

WLHV-FM (88.1)

Saturdays at noon

New York City

(WNYC-820 AM)

Sundays at 6 a.m.

Ossining

(WQXW 90.3)

Sundays at 6 a.m.

Host Susan Arbetter is an award-winning broadcast journalist who brings more than 15 years of experience to the Pressroom as an Albany correspondent.

The Capitol Pressroom streams online right here weekdays at 11 a.m.

The show also airs in the cities below:

City

Station

Time

Albany

WVCR (88.3 FM)

5 p.m.

Binghamton

WSQX (91.5 FM)

8 p.m.

Buffalo

WBFO (88.7 FM)

8 p.m.

Clayton

WRVH (89.3 FM)

8 p.m.

Geneva

WRVO translator (90.7 FM)

8 p.m.

Hamilton

WRVO translator (92.3 FM)

8 p.m.

Ithaca

WICR (88.1 FM)

3 p.m.

Ithaca

WRVO translator (92.5 FM)

8 p.m.

Jamestown

WUBJ (88.1 FM)

8 p.m.

Kingston

Annendale-on-Hudon | WLHV (88.1 FM)

Mon.-Fri 1 p.m. and noon Saturday

New York City

WNYC (820AM)

Sunday 6 a.m.

Norwich

WRVO translator (89.9 FM)

8 p.m.

Olean

WOLN (92.3 FM)

8 p.m.

Ossining

WQXW (90.3 FM)

5 a.m. Sunday

Oswego

WRVO (89.0 FM)

8 p.m.

Rochester

WXXI (1370 AM)

11 p.m.

Sharon, CT

WHDD
(1020 AM and 91.9 FM)

Mon.-Fri 1 p.m. and noon Saturday

Syracuse

WRVO (90.3 FM)

8 p.m.

Utica

WRVN (99.9 FM)

8 p.m.

Watertown

WRVJ (91.7 FM)

8 p.m.

Watkins Glen

WRFI (91.9 FM)

3 p.m.

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WCNY is Central New York’s own member-supported public broadcasting station. As the public voice for Central New York, WCNY’s mission is to connect with and give back to the community that supports us. We do this by inspiring, educating and entertaining the public with programming that encourages a deep appreciation for our diversity and shared humanity.